Branko
Oud Junkie
Posts: 138
Registered: 4-14-2006
Location: Perth, Australia
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Hazem Shaheen TEDx Cairo performance
Highly recommended.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beWjB7MLWFk
Hazem Shaheen is an Egyptian musician born in Alexandria. He graduated in 1999 from The Higher Institute for Arabic Music. He is also one of the first
graduates of The Arabic Oud House, founded by Nasseer Shamma, in 2002. He taught Oud at The Arabic Oud House for 5 years and then at The Cairo Opera
House where he currently works. He is a leading and founding member of the band "Eskenderella" which performs Egyptian heritage music of Sayed Darwish
and El Sheikh Imam, as well as their own songs, composed by himself and written by prominent Egyptian poets including Fouad Haddad, Nguib shehab El
Din, Amin Haddad and Ahmed Haddad.
Hazem was awarded the first price as "The Best Oud Player in the Arab World" in the International Oud Competition in Beirut sponsored by the Catholic
University in 2002. He published his first album "Al Aysh wal Malh" in 2006 with "Masar" band and has recently published his first solo album, "Things
that I miss" or "Hagat Wahshany"
Ich bin ein Balkaner!
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